Seasons of hope : memoirs of Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor
Seasons of Hope traces the author's life, from his impoverished Native childhood to him being appointed an ambassador for Canada in numerous countries and Lieutenant Governor for Ontario (in the latter post, he mobilized public support for books and education for Native children). This story traces the whole amazing story."
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- ISBN: 1459733061
- ISBN: 9781459733060
- Physical Description 284 pages : illustrations (some colour)
- Publisher Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn, [2016]
- Copyright ©2016
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General Note: | NFPL Indigenous Collection. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.99 |
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Seasons of Hope : Memoirs of Ontario's First Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor
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Seasons of Hope : Memoirs of Ontario's First Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor
2016 Speaker's Book Award -- Shortlisted A look back over Bartleman's seventy years, from his childhood of poverty to becoming the Queen's representative in Ontario. James Bartleman, Ontario's first Native lieutenant governor, looks back over seventy years to his childhood and youth to describe how learning to read at any early age led him to dream dreams, empowering him to serve his country as an ambassador. In time, Bartleman's exciting and fulfilling career as a Canadian diplomat took him to a dozen countries around the world, from Bangladesh to Cuba, and from Australia to South Africa. After a vicious beating in a hotel room robbery in South Africa, however, he was forced to come to terms with a deepening depression. In the end, Bartleman found new meaning in life when he became the Queen's representative in Ontario and mobilized the public to support his initiatives championing books and education for Native children. Seasons of Hope is the extraordinary story of an extraordinary man, and of his constant journey to hope.